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10/14 - T. Boone Pickens' town hall meeting

Texas oil mogul turned environmental advocate T. Boone Pickens hits Chicago with his traveling alternative energy hootenanny tomorrow morning. Starting at 10:30 AM (doors at 9), he'll preside over a town-hall style meeting in Navy Pier's Grand Ballroom to discuss his Pickens Plan, an enormous energy policy proposal entailing the construction massive wind farms throughout the Great Plains and shifting from gasoline to natural gas for automobile fuel. The event is free and open to the public; however, seating is limited, so attendees must RSVP to townhall@respublicagroup.com.